The press release couches the event in the history of the fraternal Grange movement, with a heavy dose of 21st century neo-farming philosophy and a smattering of left-leaning and libertarian politics. Here's the Ausable Valley Grange mission statement:

To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves. To enhance the comforts and attractions of our homes and to strengthen our attachment to our pursuits. To foster mutual understanding and cooperation. To maintain, inviolate, our laws and to emulate each other in labor, to hasten the good time coming. To reduce our expenses, both individual and corporate. To buy less and produce more, in order to make our farms self-sustaining. To diversify our crops and to crop no more than we can cultivate. To systematise our work and calculate intelligently on probabilities. To discountenance the credit system, the mortgage system, and every other system tending to prodigality and bankruptcy.